Race and War in France: Colonial Subjects in the French Army, 1914–1918 Replica Vimy was chosen as the

Vimy was chosen as the site for the country’s strikingly beautiful monument to mark Canadian sacrifice and service

emerged over time as visual touchstones in the public’s understanding of the war

He tells of his enthusiasm upon enlistment and of the horrors of combat that followed

Rinehart’s unpublished day-by-day notes

Race and War in France: Colonial Subjects in the French Army, 1914–1918 Replica Vimy was chosen as theDescription by Richard S. Fogarty Paperback During the First World War, the French army deployed more than 500,000 colonial subjects to European battlefields. The struggle against a common enemy associated these soldiers with the French nation, but racial and cultural differences left them on the outside. This study investigates French conceptions of race and national identity at the time as reflected in the attitudes and policies directed toward